It’s a good day to go playing golf. Yes well, any day is a good day to go playing golf, wouldn’t you think?  Especially as it’s a Tuesday. Don’t go on weekends because that’s when the courses are crowded. Better go on a Tuesday. But then we’d forgotten, (well actually I never knew), that today was “Veterans Day”. The US has a lot more public holidays than you’d think, Labour Day, Columbus Day, Independence Day, etc., etc., and Veterans Day, 11th November.

So when we get to the golf course at 10.45, they can give us a slot at 1.15. Hmm.  Maybe not. Isn’t there a Par 3 course around here. Yes, down the road, turn left, left again, can’t miss it.  Can’t miss it?  Oh yeah?  Wanna bet?  We missed it twice but 3rd time lucky.   It was really a Pitch and Putt course.  Very nice. Tricky, which lots of trees. As we stood on the 1st tee box, a coyote strolled across the fairway and disappeared into some bushes to the right.  We quickly ruled those bushes out of play.  No extraordinary events.  No hole-in-ones.  But a pleasant morning and a good game.

This is the home of television, so we head for CBS studios and go to the recording of a TV programme, “Let’s make a Deal”. When we register to go in, we have to show photo ID. Of course I have not brought any.  They allow me in bit I am not eligible to compete. Never mind, I came to have fun and see how it’s all done and good fun it is. You have to be prepared for things like this. It’s a mental battle. Most of the time you are waiting for things to happen. But it gives a chance to talk to people and meet a lot of varied and, let’s be honest, very strange folk. On the whole, it’s great fun. Still, once is enough. There is a guy beside me who has been here 23 times. Really?  Hmmmm. Not so sure about that.  Anyway, if you watch CBS television in about six months time, you might see me, I’m in the back row, I’m sitting beside someone wearing a Viking helmet, with one horn pointing up and the other pointing down. No! She didn’t get picked either.